Water Margin people

The mouth of victory.

Zhang Qingzheng was stationed here with his army.

"General, there is movement outside the city!"

A soldier immediately shouted to Zhang Qing who was sitting on the tower.

"Ok?"

Zhang Qing immediately took out a stone in his hand, came to the female wall, and looked sideways at the city.

"Brother Zhang Qing!"

Shi Qian's shouts sounded below the city, and then a white figure jumped up in the snow. Shi Qian took off his cloak full of white fur, revealing his figure.

"rope!"

When Zhang Qing saw that it was Shi Qian, he immediately asked someone to put down the rope.

Shi Qian reached out and grabbed the rope and climbed up the city wall.

"What's going on outside the customs?"

Zhang Qing looked at Shi Qian and asked. It was strangely quiet outside the pass during this period. The Jurchens had moved all the people away, as if they wanted to strengthen the wall and clear the country.

"The Jurchen Wanyan Zhongzheng is coming with [-] elites. He will arrive tomorrow!"

"Not only here, but over at Juyongguan, Wanyan Yinshu also went with ten thousand elites!"

Shi Qian said.

"Sure enough, I want to enter the Central Plains!"

Zhang Qing squinted his eyes and said.

"The Juyong Pass side is fine, but the victory gate is not easy to defend. After all, the pass is in ruins!"

Shi Qian looked at Zhang Qing and said.

As early as the Tang Dynasty, Deshengkou was an outpost in the northern part of Youzhou City and a place for mutual trade between Youzhou and the grassland. Business was prosperous here, and the street was three miles long at its peak.

Later, the market was destroyed by water and never revived. The checkpoint here was hidden in the mountains and valleys, unknown to outsiders.

After the Liao State took control of Yanyun, they rebuilt the city fortress here. In the fourth year of the Taiping and Xing Dynasty, the Song and Liao Dynasties fought in Youzhou. Yelu Xiezhen and Yelu Xiuge led the elite troops of the Liao Army stationed at the victory entrance. After a roundabout way, they attacked the Song Army. In the rear, the Song army was defeated miserably, and the victory point highlighted its geographical location.

However, after Emperor Tianzuo came to power, he indulged in excessive debauchery, the army was depleted, and the entrance to victory was not located on the main road, so it was no longer taken seriously. After decades of neglect, only a military fortress built against the mountain remained, guarding it. Live on the main road.

"I have asked the soldiers to repair it for days. Fortunately, it is winter now. Sprinkling water to turn it into ice makes it simple and practical to reinforce it with ice."

Zhang Qing said, when he first came to Shengkou, he found that the fortress was deserted and dilapidated, so he asked the soldiers to repair it with a mixture of ice, cement and sand. Now the appearance of dilapidation is just an illusion, but it is actually indestructible.

"Haha, you also used Cao Cao's technique of splashing water to build walls!"

Shi Qian laughed. If Zhang Qing hadn't told him, he wouldn't have seen that the fortress had been repaired.

"Cao Cao was still in Guanzhong, but this is the north, and the weather is extremely cold. The wall he built will not be able to be opened in three or four months!"

Zhang Qing said with a smile.

"Then I'll go and inform my brother right away. The Jurchens have been transferred frequently recently. I'm afraid they may have other ideas."

Shi Qian nodded.

"Come here, prepare two fast horses."

Zhang Qing ordered to the soldiers.

Soon, the two fast horses were led out. Shi Qian was not polite. He got on the horse and left. His steps were fast, but he couldn't compare to the war horses.

"Attention all troops, start taking a rest!"

Zhang Qing ordered to the soldiers.

"General, we only have 2000 people, how can we stop [-] Jurchen cavalry?"

Several leaders came over and asked. They were unsure about the upcoming battle. "Why block it?"

Zhang Qing asked with a smile when he saw everyone looking over.

"Don't block it? Then the enemy has passed!"

Everyone was puzzled. If they guarded the victory gate and let the enemy pass, it would be dereliction of duty and a serious crime.

"Brothers, my brother has already told me before I came here that if the enemy can be blocked, block it, and if it can't be blocked, let it in. Let's close the door and beat the dog! If the Jurchen is brutal enough to reach our territory, he will be killed!"

Zhang Qing looked at everyone with a smile and said.

These words suddenly made the soldiers suddenly realize that there was no need for them to fight with the enemy at the pass. Let the enemy in, cut off their food routes, attack the reinforcements, and let the army in the pass strangle them. Isn't this a better choice, as long as the pass is still there? If you are in control, the enemy will be invincible.

After the soldiers felt at ease, they slept soundly all night. When they woke up in the morning, the logistics had prepared a hot meal. After a full meal, the sentinels came to report that the Jin army had arrived twenty miles away.

Zhang Qing arranged the defense of the army and led his people to the top of the fortress.

"The Jurchens are really good at picking the weather, and it's so snowy."

Zhang Qing looked at the white mountains and said, "The Jurchens live among the white mountains and black waters, leading a life of fishing and hunting. What they are best at is fighting in severe cold weather."

The army was marching circuitously through the mountains, and Wan Yanzhong rode at the front of the group.

"Meng'an, ahead is the victory pass!"

A cavalryman rode on horseback to investigate and then reported to Wanyan Zhong.

"How many enemies are there?"

Wan Yanzhong nodded and asked. They had already printed out the road into Youyun when they were in Xijing. Although the victory entrance was close, the road was winding. The most troublesome thing was the fortress at the victory entrance.

“I don’t know the specific situation at the moment, but according to the captured Khitan people, there should be more than 2000 people!”

Cavalry report.

"More than 2000 people? Humph!"

Wanyan Zhong became disdainful upon hearing this. He had brought ten thousand elite troops with him this time, and the two thousand Song troops were his opponents.

"Speed ​​up and capture the fortress before noon!"

Wan Yanzhong ordered to the army.

Waves of shouts rang out among the Jurchen cavalry. The shouts became more and more intense and soon spread throughout the entire team.

"kill!"

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost heightened, Wanyan Zhong gave an order and the Jurchen cavalry roared out.

Wan Yanzhong was not in a hurry to go up, he was ready to let the army directly crush the dilapidated fortress.

Zhang Qing, who was on the fortress, saw the Jurchens roaring towards him and sneered in his heart. The Jurchens really thought he was a weakling, thinking that a single charge would end the battle.

"Order, the entire army is in position!"

Zhang Qing shouted to the soldiers. In the dark shooting holes on the fortress, the Liangshan soldiers had already fired their bows and nocked arrows, waiting for the Jurchens to approach.

The Jurchens who rushed towards the fortress saw that the fortress was in tatters and looked dilapidated with ruins and walls. It was still covered with white snow last year, and it seemed that they could be hit by a collision.

"kill!"

When the Jurchens saw that no one dared to show their heads in the fortress, they laughed wildly, thinking that the enemy was frightened, so they charged forward on horseback and were really ready to flatten the fortress.

Zhang Qing looked at the arrogant Jurchens and sneered in his heart. He did not rush to order shooting. He wanted these Jurchens to get closer and kill these foreigners outside the Great Wall.

"I, Zhang Qing, am worthy of the world!"

Zhang Qing's thoughts started to spread unconsciously when he saw the Jurchens who had been killed. His parents' hope was that he could become a general and shine on his family.

He did not live up to his parents' expectations. He practiced martial arts and became the military commander of Dongchang Prefecture. However, he was later defeated and surrendered to Liangshan. Although Liangshan was very good, he always felt that he was not worthy of the upbringing of his parents and the teachings of his mentor.

But it's different now. He followed the Liangshan army to regain the land of Yanyun's seven states. Such a feat is worthy of anyone. Now he is resisting foreign thieves, and no one is qualified to criticize him. (End of chapter)